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Identification of the species that promotes the growth of silicon dioxide on silicon in a microwave oxygen plasma has been investigated. Comparison of ion analysis experiments using quadropole mass spectrometry and oxide growth experiments performed in the same system indicates a strong correlation between the oxide growth and the presence of O− ions in the plasma.
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Barlow et al. (1988) studied this question.
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